Saddam Hussein Made Up That WMD Thing To Deter Invaders

Moe — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:40:31 EST

So it turns out Saddam Hussein lied about having WMD so the rest of the Axis of Evil would leave him alone. [CBS News]
How much would you bet even he couldn't have kept that lie up 935 times! [Wash Post
Isn't it funny how yesterday's enemies are today's...[Reuters]
The New York Times to endorse Hillary Clinton? Identity politics much, Gray Lady??? [Radar]
George Soros says it's the worst economic crisis in 60 years. Because financial instruments masterminded by crafty hedgies like himself just got too hard for central bankers and bureaucrats to understand. And speaking of hard to understand... [Financial Times]
But anyway, everyone else smarter than you agrees. [NY Times]
"Tax cuts in general perpetuate the excessive consumption that has marked the American economy." [NY Times]
Suck it, Stiglitz, I want my six hundred bucks. [WSJ]
Bill Gates is over capitalism. Convenient. [WSJ]

More Proof That The Rich (And Royal) Shall Inherit The Earth

Moe — Fri, 11 May 2007 11:05:33 EDT

George Soros and Queen Noor are friends with benefits. For the uninitiated, she's the widow of the late King Hussein of Jordan; he made billions in this huge mindfuck of a bet against the British pound in the '80s and now uses the money for good, sort of like Angelina Jolie, but, you know, with three more zeroes in his bank account. [Rush & Molloy]
Reps at the NYC hotspot Tenjune insist they did not serve Lindsay Lohan any alcohol recently. Think they might be sick of her enough by now that it's actually true? [Rush & Molloy]
The widow of Dr. Atkins lives in fear of psychotic dieters angry about their smelly pee, failure to reach ketosis. Yeah, no, not really, but we'd probably be paranoid all the time too if we were still afraid of eating root vegetables. {Page Six]

American Idol contestant caught in liplock with Simon Cowell calls a certain body part "soft" and "thin." Yeah, we're stretching it a bit. [People]
Drew Barrymore fights world hunger, saves money by drinking at dive bars in D.C. We don't know why she's in D.C., since we're pretty sure the U.N. is around the corner from us, but now that Angelina's is suddenly committed to fucking Brad again one of the most beautiful people in the world had to pick up the slack! [Washington Post]